diff --git a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
index 4efb3faaab..e25183ee50 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int mmc_load_image_raw_partition(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
 					    partition_name, &info);
 	else
 		err = part_get_info(mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc), partition, &info);
-	if (err) {
+	if (err < 0) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
 		puts("spl: partition error\n");
 #endif